re long time
It took from 1992 to 2010 for me to be able to stop the medication I took for nerve related pain post my 2nd spine surgery. Now somewhere in that time between 2005-2010 I was able to stop taking Gabapentin and not have horrible burning pain. I tried that in 2004 and still had neuropathies very badly.
The only thing that I know that happened was supposedly my facets at L5S1 fused. I thought I had autofused at that level but a very recent xray per my OSS shows that I've not yet fully autofused at that level. Still he said a fusion is a fusion and that is probably why I've had significant relief at L5S1 (L4 still is problamatic re flare ups/pain).
It was a long haul re relief from neuropathies and while I hope they may be gone forever I think I'm just enjoying any reprieve I've been able to have!
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